Keisha

Girl name

Keisha has been given to 22,337 babies in the U.S. since 1961. It peaked in 1977.

Meaning & origin /ˈkiːʃə/

Origin: coinages

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

22,337

Peak year

1977 (1,050 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1961

10-year trend

▲ +7%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Keisha.

22,410 babies since 1946

22,247 babies since 1917

22,043 babies since 1915

22,850 babies since 1951

21,824 babies since 1951

21,648 babies since 1880

23,466 babies since 1945

20,932 babies since 1940

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